Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship

Program Overview

The Cedars-Sinai Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), is designed to prepare fellows for careers as proficient and independent clinical cardiac electrophysiologists. The fellowship provides two years of advanced training and supervised experience to graduates of a three-year, ACGME-accredited cardiovascular disease training program.

The program provides a balanced experience in a variety of clinical settings. This includes the clinical electrophysiology laboratory, cardiac implantable electronic device clinic, operating room and arrhythmia clinic, as well as inpatient consultation in the Emergency Department, wards and intensive care units. Our clinician-educators aim to accomplish the following:

One of the major strengths of the training program is the high clinical volume of patients and procedures — both simple and complex — available to fellows-in-training. The program is structured to facilitate the development of requisite procedural and technical skills necessary to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Exposure to cryoballoon ablation and standard radiofrequency technology for ablation of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter provides a wide breadth of experience to the fellow for the most commonly encountered arrhythmia in clinical practice. Complex ablations for atypical atrial flutter (left atrial flutter, post-surgical atrial flutter, atrial flutter in congenital heart disease and heart transplant) are very common.

Exposure to ablation for ventricular arrhythmias similarly ranges from simple to complex. Fellows are exposed to patients with conditions from idiopathic premature ventricular contractions to complex scar-related ventricular tachycardias in patients with advanced cardiomyopathy on mechanical support devices. Techniques for epicardial access and ablation of epicardial arrhythmias are also encountered during ablation of ventricular arrhythmias.

This website converts English to other languages using an automated tool called Microsoft Translator™. The translations may include errors or change the intended meaning of the text. Please consult your healthcare provider about any medical information.

Translations may not be available for some items, including PDF documents, maps, video captions, and text that appears on photos. Also, some features on the website may not work in the translated versions.